Recently I just watched the blockbuster monster movie Godzilla V Kong. The film is exactly how you would expect it to be, two enormous monsters fighting each other and it’s extremely entertaining. As far as a fictional movie that relies on action and visual moments of destruction I thought the whole movie was done well. …
Author Archives: Kolby Harris
Scriptwriting
A strong script can make or break a movie. Writing is arguably the backbone of any film, book, or work of art especially when it comes to fiction writing. I’ve written few scripts before, all of them were fictional stories, and while doing so I realized the importance of the way that scripts must be …
Fiction Writing in Video Games
I feel like when most people think of a narrative or a fiction story they’ll think of a movie, a novel, or even music but people often forget about video games. Over the past few decades, narratives have become an extremely important, creative, and incredible aspect of video games. Usually, when people think of video …
Conflict
Some people would argue that conflict is the single most important aspect of fiction writing. It might sound extreme however, this is not an absurd conclusion to come to. Conflict creates a story, it creates a reason for the characters to move throughout the narrative. The dictionary definition of literary conflict is a literary device …
The Expanding Worlds in Entertainment
Whether it’s film, literature, or even music, a connected series of content is always something people can admire from a creative standpoint and simply for entertainment. There’s something about a story that extends over multiple iterations of itself that adds more content, more meaning, and more passion that we love to consume. Again this happens …
Short Stories
Short stories are great pieces of fiction writing that I feel don’t get enough credit. When a narrative expands over a series of books on a massive scale such as the harry potter books or the Percy Jackson series the impact can be incredible. However, I believe that short stories can have a very similar …
Character Development and Arcs
In all forms of entertainment and even in aspects of real life, character development is extremely important. Character development is what makes the characters in your story feel real and what gives them personality. A bland character, especially if it’s the story’s protagonist, can be very dull and uninteresting. As a fiction writer, it’s your …
Cliches in Film and Writing
Recently I watched “The little things” which is a film by John Lee Hancock that stars Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, and Jared Leto. Although the film has had some conflicting reviews I enjoyed most of it and appreciated the unique ending. The plot of this film seems very generic and similar to many other crime …
Music and Writing
In this blog post, I want to write about the relationship between music and writing. Some people may believe that music and writing have no correlation what so ever and that may be how some people feel however, I don’t think that could be any more false. For me personally, music inspires me just as …
Hello world!
Hello world. My name is Kolby Harris, I am a 20-year-old sophomore with a film and media arts major. I like to consider myself a fun, thoughtful, creative person that loves to push the limits of imagination. My experience with fiction as the reader has always been fun and interesting. Fiction has always been my …